Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-02

the construction Of the new Cfty nAn
to the Committee on Grounds and
Buildings, became q law, il having been
passed by both branches OF the City
Council over the veto of the Mayor:
BE q ordained By the couneti Of tie csty kssn
mend, That sections and Of chapter ~ 20, %
amended and re-enacted 20 as 70 read a. Tor
lows:
Buildings are hereby authorized and cn-
powered 10 build the new City Hall In accoru-
ance with one OF the plans now In me posses
sion Of the City Engineer on tho site selected oy
the Council
Section q Said Committee on Grounds and
Buildings are hereby authorized 70 commences
as the "days-work," !" a. far as Tracticabie.
MKYRRs's PLAN READoPTED.
On August 20, 1886, the Committee
on Grounds and Buildings agreed TO
resolution adopting the plan OF Il. Il.
Meyers, of Detroit, Mich, (the same
plan which had been originally APP
proved by the City Council, } for the
new City Hall, and instructed the City
Engineer to proceed with the work.
Work was commenced September i,
1886, at 7 A. NJ, and has since been
steadily continued. As far as possible
the hall is being built by day labor.
THE coMNurEEMES.
List OF those who have been mem.
bers of the Committee on Grounds and
Buildings at various periods from 1877
to 1887. Two aldermen and three COM
mon councilmen epnstitute the com
mittee:
wv. Pickrell, Josiah Crump, Charles
Il. Davis, John A. Curtis, and L. J.
Starke. -
William II. Williams, T. p. Camp
bell, A. Pizzini, Jr., James Hayes, and
Josiah Crump. - p
William II. Williams, T. P. Camp
bell, A. Pizzini, Jr., J. II. Frischkorn,
and Josiah Crump.
William II. Williams, 7. p. Camp
bell, j. H. Frischkorn, l.. d. Creu-
shaw, Jr., L. A. Catlin, and A. Piz-
zini, Jr.
L. N. Kendler, A. Pizzini, Jr., W. @.
Ammons, L. ID. Crenshaw, Jr., and
Evan Snead are the present committee.
FINANCIAL.
Total amount appropriated for City
Hall, $4,000.
Total amount expended for site:
Purchasing OF Tupper lot.........."s 1901 25
Purvh asing OF Church lot............ l0,0ll -
Rebuilding church h.............,,.... E,U'3 %
GO.iO5 s5
Total amount expended for archi-
tects' plans and fees, $l5, 259.5o.
Total amount so far expended for
construction purposes, $50, 1917.
The Fire Department VIII Parade.
A special meeting OF the Council
Committee on Fire Department was
held at their room over the Council
chamber last night. The hour for
which the meeting was called was Z
O'Clock, but il was nearly two hours
later before there was quorum present.
These were Messrs. kaufman (chair-
man), Page, Crump, Parrish. and
Davis. The absentees were Messrs.
Murphy and Lange.
At their meeting held last Wednes-
day night the committee decided not to
turn ont in the street parade Tuesday
afternoon on the occasion of the laying
IF the cornerstone. The alleged rea.
sons for not entering the parade were
that the line of march was too long and
that it would injure the apparatus, be-
cause to 90 in double column would
necessitate running in the cutters, where
the paving is rough.
The meeting last night was called to
consider the advisability of resembling
this action.
Major Norman V. Randolph, the
chief marshal, was present, and gave
his reasons why the apparatus, which
always adds so much to parade,
should turn out.
After Major Randolph had been heard
the committee informally discussed the
subject at great length, and the follow
ing was adopted unanimously:
Resolued, That whereas the clerk
was ordered at the last regular meeting
of this committee to inform the chief
marshal of the parade on the occasion
of laying the cornerstone OF the new
City Hall that the committee deemed
it inexpedient to order the department
to parade; and whereas the committee
bas row been further and fully inform
ed as TO the character and formation of
the said parade by the chief marshal,
who appeared before the committee,
the Chief of the Fire Department is
ordered to prepare the department to
turn out and have the apparatus in po-
sition to take their proper place in the
parade.
The clerk OF the committee was in
structed to forward copy Of this reso-
luton TO Chief Fuqua.
1t is understood that the Chief will
arrange the department in such order
as he may deem expedient, and that'it
will be placed in single line. Each
steamer will be drawn by four horses.
1t will be learned with pleasure by
the public that this change has been
made by the committee. The people
would not have been at all satisfied If
the Fire Department had been left out
or had stayed out.
Important Post-Oniee Changes.
Postmaster Cullingworth has made
the following changes in his office,
,,,b;ob took affanf ypstpr1av